Catalyzing

Catalyzing is the Catalyst blog, bringing together and amplifying diverse voices that share Catalyst’s mission to expand opportunities for women and business. Catalyzing reflects the wide range of opinions, ideas, and experiences of Catalyst employees, incorporating perspectives from our offices in North America, Europe, Asia, and beyond. It also features non-Catalyst industry leaders, experts, and academics committed to changing workplaces and lives. Get the RSS feed.

Catalyzing

My hometown of Toronto is now the most multicultural city in the world. People from every part of the globe choose to make their homes here. As I watch my three young children form friendships with kids from a wide range of ethno-cultural backgrounds, I see the benefits of this extraordinary...

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I was working at my first post-college job when Anita Hill became an international symbol of what so often happens to women who speak truth to power. Watching how Hill was treated by the then all-male U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee turned me into a feminist. The truth is, I was always a feminist...

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Today we’ll hear from our very own Krista Brookman, Vice President, Inclusive Leadership Initiative, Catalyst, about what “having it all” means to her. Krista took the initiative not only to share her own compelling story, but to interview dozens of colleagues, friends, and relatives as well....

September 24, 2014 by Krista Brookman

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My ex-husband and I split up five years ago, when my son was just shy of four. The reasons were varied, but one was definitely his lack of support and often sexist ideology. And while we have joint custody, I’m doing my best to influence my son, now nine, in how to treat and respect women. I’m a...

Catalyzing

Recently I attended a panel moderated by Neil deGrasse Tyson at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. You may know Tyson from his successful television series, Cosmos, or his two-word summation of the scientific method: “Challenge everything.” The panel members were all experts...